WordPress Abilities API: A Practical Guide (No Hype)
I was on a call with a client last week. They run a complex membership site, a mix of WooCommerce, custom post types, and a…
Category: Core Updates
WordPress for Developers: What Actually Matters?
I was troubleshooting a client’s site last week—a big multisite network, maybe 500+ subsites—and the main dashboard was timing out for super admins. A total…
How the WordPress Notes Feature Solves Editorial Chaos
I got a call from a client running a huge content operation. Their editorial workflow was a complete disaster. They had writers in Google Docs,…
WordPress Is Coming. Should You Be Worried?
Got an email from a long-time client this morning. The subject was just “WordPress 6.9?” He’d seen the news about the WordPress 6.9 RC2 being…
WordPress 6.9 Is Fast, But Is Your Theme?
Got a call from a client last week. They were pulling their hair out. They had a solid site on a good server, not overloaded…
WordPress Email Reliability: How WordPress 6.9 Fixes a Mess
Got a call from a long-time client last week. They run a pretty successful WooCommerce store, and their order confirmation emails were landing in spam….
The New WordPress Abilities API: Stop Doing Things Twice
I had a client with a simple request. We’d built a small utility plugin for them that listed out all the URLs of a specific…
WordPress 6.9: What’s a Big Deal and What’s Noise?
I got a call from a client this morning. He’d just read the latest news about WordPress 6.9 dropping soon and had the usual questions:…
Automating WordPress Updates with Bedrock and Dependabot
I was talking to a client last week who was getting nervous. They manage a handful of WordPress sites built with Bedrock, and the manual…
Why Your WordCamp Talk Got Rejected (And How to Fix It)
A junior dev on my team looked crushed. “They rejected my talk,” he said, staring at his laptop. He’d just gotten the canned ‘thanks but…